2015-09-11T10:41:37ZGreenhouse gas emission trendsIND-37-en<p>In 2010, EU-27 greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4 % compared to 2009. This was due to the return to economic growth in many countries and a colder winter leading to an increased demand for heating. However, the increase in emissions was contained by a move from coal to natural gas and the sustained strong growth in renewable energy generation. This increase noted in 2010 follows a 7 % drop in 2009 (compared to 2008), largely due to the economic recession and, again, the increased production of renewable energy. </p>
<p>With respect to 1990 levels, EU‑27 emissions were decreased by 15.4 % (<em>Figure 1</em>). </p>
<p>At a sectoral level, emissions decreased in all main sectors except the transport one, where they increased considerably.</p>
<p>In the EU-15, 2010 GHG emissions increased by 2.1 % compared to 2009 – an increase of 78.5 Mt CO<sub>2</sub> eq in absolute values. This implies that EU‑15 greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 10.6 % below the 1990 level in 2010 or 11 % below the base-year level. CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from public electricity and heat production also decreased by 6.1% with respect to 1990. The European Union remains well on track to achieve its Kyoto Protocol target (an 8% reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions compared to base-year level, to be achieved during the period from 2008 to 2012). A detailed assessment of progress towards Kyoto targets and 2020 targets in Europe is provided in <a href="http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/ghg-trends-and-projections-2012/view" class="external-link">EEA's 2012 report on Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections</a>.</p> In 2010, EU-27 greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4 % compared to 2009. This was due to the return to economic growth in many countries and a colder winter leading to an increased demand for heating. However, the increase in emissions was contained by a move from coal to natural gas and the sustained strong growth in renewable energy generation. This increase noted in 2010 follows a 7 % drop in 2009 (compared to 2008), largely due to the economic recession and, again, the increased production of renewable energy.
With respect to 1990 levels, EU‑27 emissions were decreased by 15.4 % (Figure 1).
At a sectoral level, emissions decreased in all main sectors except the transport one, where they increased considerably.
In the EU-15, 2010 GHG emissions increased by 2.1 % compared to 2009 – an increase of 78.5 Mt CO 2 eq in absolute values. This implies that EU‑15 greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 10.6 % below the 1990 level in 2010 or 11 % below the base-year level. CO 2 emissions from public electricity and heat production also decreased by 6.1% with respect to 1990. The European Union remains well on track to achieve its Kyoto Protocol target (an 8% reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions compared to base-year level, to be achieved during the period from 2008 to 2012). A detailed assessment of progress towards Kyoto targets and 2020 targets in Europe is provided in EEA's 2012 report on Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections . FalseFalse4greenhouse-gas-emission-trends-assessment-4 Greenhouse gas emission trends In 2010, EU-27 greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4 % compared to 2009. This was due to the return to economic growth in many countries and a colder winter leading to an increased demand for heating. However, the increase in emissions was contained by a move from coal to natural gas and the sustained strong growth in renewable energy generation. This increase noted in 2010 follows a 7 % drop in 2009 (compared to 2008), largely due to the economic recession and, again, the increased production of renewable energy.
With respect to 1990 levels, EU‑27 emissions were decreased by 15.4 % (Figure 1).
At a sectoral level, emissions decreased in all main sectors except the transport one, where they increased considerably.
In the EU-15, 2010 GHG emissions increased by 2.1 % compared to 2009 – an increase of 78.5 Mt CO 2 eq in absolute values. This implies that EU‑15 greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 10.6 % below the 1990 level in 2010 or 11 % below the base-year level. CO 2 emissions from public electricity and heat production also decreased by 6.1% with respect to 1990. The European Union remains well on track to achieve its Kyoto Protocol target (an 8% reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions compared to base-year level, to be achieved during the period from 2008 to 2012). A detailed assessment of progress towards Kyoto targets and 2020 targets in Europe is provided in EEA's 2012 report on Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections . ghg emissions eu ghg inventory soer2010 CSI CSI010 CLIM CLIM050 010 050 greenhouse-gas-emission-trends-assessment-42012 1.3.21002014-11-21T17:15:59ZalecdejeafrSpyridoula NtemiriFalseGermanyLiechtensteinNetherlandsItalyFrancePortugalEstoniaSloveniaRomaniaHungaryPolandUnited KingdomIrelandEuropean UnionBulgariaBelgiumLuxembourgIcelandNorwayCzech RepublicSwitzerlandTurkeyFinlandLatviaMaltaSlovakiaGreeceEEA Member Countries (EEA32)SpainLithuaniaAustriaDenmarkCyprusSwedenApp.interfaces.IUndoSupporteea.pdf.subtypes.interfaces.IPDFAwareAccessControl.interfaces.IOwnedeea.faceted.inheritance.subtypes.interfaces.IPossibleFacetedHeritorProducts.ATContentTypes.interfaces.interfaces.IATContentTypeplone.app.iterate.interfaces.IIterateAwareeea.relations.content.interfaces.IBaseObjecteea.workflow.interfaces.IHasMandatoryWorkflowFieldsplone.contentrules.engine.interfaces.IRuleAssignableProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.IFolderishProducts.Archetypes.interfaces.base.IBaseFolderplone.app.imaging.interfaces.IBaseObjectarchetypes.schemaextender.interfaces.IExtensibleeea.workflow.interfaces.IObjectArchivedeea.geotags.storage.interfaces.IGeoTaggableProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.IMutableMinimalDublinCoreeea.versions.interfaces.IVersionEnhancedProducts.Archetypes.interfaces.referenceable.IReferenceableeea.themecentre.interfaces.IPossibleThemeCentrepersistent.interfaces.IPersistentOFS.interfaces.IItemOFS.interfaces.IFolderProducts.CMFDynamicViewFTI.interfaces.ISelectableBrowserDefaulteea.reports.interfaces.IPossibleReportContainercollective.quickupload.interfaces.IQuickUploadCapableeea.alchemy.interfaces.IAlchemyDiscoverableProducts.LinguaPlone.interfaces.ITranslatableeea.indicators.content.interfaces.IAssessmentProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.IDynamicTypeOFS.interfaces.ITraversableeea.cache.subtypes.interfaces.ICacheAwareplone.app.folder.folder.IATUnifiedFolderwebdav.interfaces.IDAVResourceProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.ICatalogAwarewebdav.interfaces.IDAVCollectionOFS.interfaces.IPropertyManagerProducts.EEAContentTypes.interfaces.IEEAPossibleContentProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.IContentisheea.pdf.subtypes.interfaces.ICollectionPDFAwarezope.annotation.interfaces.IAttributeAnnotatableeea.indicators.content.interfaces.IIndicatorAssessmentOFS.interfaces.IOrderedContainereea.progressbar.interfaces.IBaseObjectOFS.interfaces.ICopyContainerProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.IOpaqueItemManagerplone.uuid.interfaces.IUUIDAwareProducts.ATContentTypes.interfaces.folder.IATBTreeFolderplone.locking.interfaces.ITTWLockableProducts.Archetypes.interfaces.base.IBaseObjectAccessControl.interfaces.IRoleManagerProducts.NavigationManager.sections.interfaces.INavigationSectionPositionableApp.interfaces.IPersistentExtraeea.facetednavigation.subtypes.interfaces.IPossibleFacetedNavigablewebdav.interfaces.IWriteLockApp.interfaces.INavigationeea.themecentre.interfaces.IThemeTaggableProducts.CMFPlone.interfaces.constrains.ISelectableConstrainTypesOFS.interfaces.IFindSupporteea.epub.subtypes.interfaces.IEPUBAwarewebdav.EtagSupport.EtagBaseInterfaceeea.uberlisting.browser.app.interfaces.IPossibleUberlistingViewplone.portlets.interfaces.ILocalPortletAssignableplone.folder.interfaces.IOrderableFolderAccessControl.interfaces.IPermissionMappingSupporteea.promotion.interfaces.IPromotableeea.annotator.subtypes.interfaces.IAnnotatorAwareProducts.CMFCore.interfaces._content.IWorkflowAwareAcquisition.interfaces.IAcquirerOFS.interfaces.IObjectManagerProducts.Archetypes.interfaces.metadata.IExtensibleMetadataOFS.interfaces.ICopySourceeea.geotags.storage.interfaces.IGeoTaggedFalse2011-12-12T16:35:57Z2012-10-24T08:44:47Z200019991997199020032009200120022006200820071998199419921995199619912010200519932004climatesoer2010eu ghg inventoryghg emissions